All the petitioners are employed at the Company's Dan River Steam Station, a power generating facility located at Draper, North Carolina. At the time this action was instituted, the Company had 95 employees at the Dan River Station, 14 of whom were Negroes; 13 of these are petitioners here.
Test Overview. An ammonia test measures the amount of ammonia in the blood. Most ammonia in the body forms when protein is broken down by bacteria in the intestines . The liver normally converts ammonia into urea, which is then eliminated in urine. Ammonia levels in the blood rise when the liver is not able to convert ammonia to urea.
Genetic tests also can be done to show whether there is a problem with one of the genes needed to break down proteins of the urea cycle to identify the particular type of urea cycle disorder. An MRI or CT scan may be done to see if there is swelling of the brain caused by the ammonia in the blood.